LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
- List ways in which microorganisms affect our lives.
- Differentiate the major groups of microorganisms.
- List beneficial activities of microorganisms.
- Explain the basic factors in microbial disease transmission.
- Describe the body’s defenses against infection and the factors that affect the body’s susceptibility to disease.
- Define microbiological terminology as it relates to the SPD.
- Discuss the Ebola virus and disease.
- Discuss the Zika virus and its transmission.
- Discuss carbapenem-resistant enterobacteriaceae microorganisms.